UID:
almahu_9949701875102882
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 541 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004275874
Series Statement:
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 63
Content:
This volume describes how the rhetorical devices used in Judges inspire its readers to support a divinely appointed Judahite king who endorses the deuteronomic agenda to rid the land of foreigners, to maintain inter-tribal loyalty to YHWH's cult, and to uphold social justice. Matters of rhetorical concern interpreted here include the superimposed cycle-motif and tribal-political schemata, concerns reflected in the plot-layers of each hero story, the force of narrative analogy for characterization, the strategy of entrapment which foreshadows portrayals of Saul and David in 1 Samuel, and the relation between Judges' implied situation of composition and its compiler's intention. In addition to offering new insights into the rhetorical strategy of the Judges compiler, this book illustrates a new method for understanding how plot-layered stories work.
Note:
Preliminary material /
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Introduction /
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Chapter One: Rhetorical Concerns of Judges' Tribal-Political and Deuteronomic Schemata /
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Chapter Two: Rhetorical Concerns of Judges as a Literary form /
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Chapter Three: The Rhetorical Stra Tegy of Judges /
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Chapter Four: The Rhetorical Situation Implied by Judges /
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Conclusion /
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Excursus One: Compilation, Redaction and the Rhetoric of Judges /
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Excursus Two: Scribal Developments and the Rhetoric of Judges /
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Appendix: A Compilational Stratigraphy of the Text of Judges /
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Bibliography /
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Index of Biblical References /
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Index of Authors /
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English and Hebrew.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Rhetoric of the Book of Judges Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 1995, ISBN 9789004101043
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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